The following original wills are housed at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh, North Carolina. The collection title is “Caswell County, North Carolina Series of Original Wills, 1771-1927” and the call number is C.R. 020.801.1. The Brooks family wills were contained in the first box of the series (no. 1). There might have been more Brooks family wills contained in the box written after 1900. I only inventoried those wills written before 1900 (on 10/25/2008).

The will of Richard Brookes was recorded in Caswell County, North Carolina Will Book B, p. 321. This will was abstracted in Katherine Kerr Kendall’s book “Caswell County, North Carolina will books, 1777-1814” on page 30. (See entry below)

The will of Ann Brooks was recorded in Caswell County, North Carolina Will Book E, p. 379. This will was abstracted in Katherine Kerr Kendall’s book “Caswell County, North Carolina will books, 1777-1814” on page 109. (See entry below)